The symbolism of Paul Gauguin : erotica, exotica, and the great dilemmas of humanity /
Dorra, Henri,1924-2002.
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-331) and index.
Gauguin's heritage : his family and their nineteenth-century world -- Budding symbolism -- Caricatures and friendships -- The great dilemmas of humanity -- The artist as Messiah -- Visions of death, visions of escape -- From Papeete to Mataiea -- The Polynesian pantheon -- Desire of the night -- Paris furlough -- The last years in Tahiti -- Hiva Hoa.
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903